THE END IS NEAR FOR QUINN HUGHES ON THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS

THE END IS NEAR FOR QUINN HUGHES ON THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS

So, it’s about high time that we restart the conversation on Vancouver Canucks Captain Quinn Hughes. And this is a conversation that I do not want to have, but because of Rick Dollywal’s hit on Kuck’s talk with Thomas Dance and Jamie Dodd earlier last week, it was the crossover segment. Really nice segment between those three and Don Taylor. Obviously, there’s a lot of star power in that lineup. But because of the sentiment shared on that program, we have started to see more and more individuals all over social media talking about Quinn and the idea that he could get traded to New Jersey or some other team sooner rather than later. There was an article by James Nichols, I believe it was, on New Jersey Hockey Now, talking about how the Quinn Hughes reunion with his brothers in New Jersey could be sooner than we had anticipated. This was from Saturday. So, that just goes to show you where talks are heading. But a lot of this was bolstered up because of what Dollywal said on Kanox talk. We already talked about this earlier, but here it is from NHL rumor report. Dollywal said, “I do believe that the Vancouver Conucks internally do think it’s better to move Quinn Hughes this year if capital letters if he doesn’t want to commit to the franchise long-term.” And that of course is quite daunting, but it’s not unrealistic. If you know Quinn Hughes is going to leave, you know he doesn’t want to stick around, then there’s no use in holding him back from going to where it is he either truly wants to go or going somewhere where the Vancouver Conucks can get a serious hall in exchange. In regards to New Jersey, James Nichols in that article that we looked at, he talked about names like Simone Neich and Douggee Hamilton and whether or not any of those pieces could be attached in a package to get Quinn Hughes. Obviously, if Vancouver trades Quinn, they are losing out on the most talented defenseman the team has ever had. Arguably the most talented player the team has ever had. Generally speaking, you get worse when you trade away the better player generally. But sometimes if a team is able to really set themselves up with the assets they need to contend either in sheer volume and quantity, then there can be some sort of a discussion to be had about what a package looks like that doesn’t look like a total fleecing from New Jersey. If it is a huge overpay where it’s a Simone Neich and a Douggee Hamilton and a good prospect and another good forward or something like that, then all of a sudden Vancouver has some tools to play around with. Now, that’s not exactly what I think a trade would look like, just kind of spitting out there. But because this conversation has gotten a little bit bigger the past few days, I did want to dive into some of the commentary from various hockey fans as to what their opinions are on this and just respond to some of these ideas. You see, this quote of Rick Dollywalls was posted onto the O hockey subreddit earlier on Saturday. Even though the crossover episode on 650 and Donnie and Dolly was a lot earlier than that, this was posted and there are some comments made. This is one that I wanted to read out for you here by LBS. Internally, you have to prepare for any possible outcome if you are a serious front office. So Quinn Hughes potentially leaving or wanting to leave and you trading him. The issue is Jim Rutherford brought this up in public and unprompted two years before Quinn Hugh’s contract expires and a year before he could even sign. It just started as a crap show this summer for no real reason and it seems like everything spiraled from there and now the team is in shambles again. Now to be fair, Iron Sean does reply and says, “Yeah, no, Rutherford didn’t start the crap show. He just added to it. This whole franchise has been a crap show since day one when Akalini took over. And you can say that that’s not necessarily true because the Vancouver Conucks were a good team during the opening few years when Franchesco Akalini did own it. Yes, they were that good. They made the finals. They did all that. But as the years went on and Akalini’s unwillingness to rebuild started to take full force on this team, that’s when we started seeing shortcuts. We started seeing band-aid solutions. No long-term let’s try to build the future type of moves. Just drafting prospects with the picks that they have and trading away some of the other ones to try to contend in the now. It’s why Jim Benning made the ever devastating Oliver Ecman Larson trade, which will be haunting the Vancouver Conucks and their overall salary cap situation until the next decade. And that’s not even an exaggeration. His buyout length goes till 2030. The cap’s going up, so obviously you can say that’s not that bad compared to before. But still, Band-Aid solutions with this franchise over and over again. And we started to see it with the Connor Garland trade talk as well. Oh, Tradeaway Garland, a veteran core guy that you just signed to a six-year contract extension to try to get your middle six center who can become a good guy long term. You can say it’s kind of hypocritical to critique that sort of a mindset because oh, if you’re wanting a rebuild, then why are you not interested in trading a guy who’s 29 for a guy who could be younger and who could become maybe a little better or who can provide value long-term in a way that Connor Garland probably cannot because he’s 29 as we had said. And it’s not necessarily that. It’s more so just the flip-floppy nature of Vancouver’s status quo. it’s okay, we got to sign this guy and then a few months later it’s like, oh, we got to trade him. They did the same thing last year with so many names. Although, I will say a lot of those names were not super important. Nobody’s saying that Danton Heinen or Vinnie Dehar didn’t live up to their contracts or something. No, they just sucked. Like, they were not good. Same with Lucas Riichel. He’s just not good. And as we’ve been noting, it’s fine to acknowledge your mistakes and be willing to move on from them. But how does this happen four times in a year? Heen dehung now Lucas Riel. Something is off with the pro scouting department with this team. And something is off with the change in directions constantly going back and forth that now going back over to Quinn Hughes. It’s like, yeah, okay, that’s probably the right thing to do if you know he’s not going to want to stick around. trade the guy, but I just wonder if the team has the wherewithal to trade him for a package that would actually benefit the club’s long-term future. We know the rebuild idea is never going to be explored by this current management, and it’s understandable why. Jim Rutherford is 70some years old. They have Franchesco Akalini at the top of the ship. He’s commanding everything essentially saying, “Yeah, no, we want to get playoff revenue. Playoff revenue.” If they trade Quinn Hughes for a bunch of win now pieces, then I don’t think that really does anything to the Vancouver Conucks. I think it just makes them maybe worse. Long term at least. In the short term, what? You get a bunch of pieces that can contribute now? Maybe nobody has a super high ceiling, but they’re all good enough NHL players to stick around in the middle six of a lineup. Does that significantly improve the Vancouver Conucks? Probably not. But then again, it’s like it’s hard to do that when you get a player like Quinn Hughes off the roster anyway. So to me, it seems like the only reasonable building step for the Vancouver Conucks should a Quinn Hughes trade be executed is a deal that involves a bunch of young not ready yet pieces. And the Canucks don’t want to get those. They want now pieces that can also be good long term. Think about it like who are the good now pieces that are also long-term fits. Leo Carlson, Maline Celabbrini, Connor Baddard. You’re not trading Quinn Hughes for any of those guys. Not to say that Quinn is not as valuable as them, but just saying nobody’s going to want to give him up. Simmon Nemes is looking pretty good, but like he’s no Quinn Hughes, nor do I think he’s going to be a Quinn Hughes. You would need to make up for Quinn’s quality with quantity and length. But I just don’t know if Vancouver has the options on the market to make a trade that would legitimately improve their team in the long run or at the very least doesn’t totally damage what the team looks like now. So yeah, I don’t know. This kind of just an off-the cuff kind of commentary talking about Quinn Hughes and the Vancouver Conucks. Do you think a New Jersey trade is coming soon? I don’t know. You can let me know your thoughts in the comment section below about these comments from Dollywal and the like. I hope you enjoyed this VHS 999 and bye.

Note: This video was recorded on Saturday.

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We’re going over Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes, and how it feels like the end is near.

This video is taking place after the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 2025 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:

1st) New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer
2nd) San Jose Sharks, Michael Misa
3rd) Chicago Blackhawks, Anton Frondell
4th) Utah Mammoth, Caleb Desnoyers
5th) Nashville Predators, Brady Martin
6th) Philadelphia Flyers, Porter Martone
7th) Boston Bruins, James Hagens
8th) Seattle Kraken, Jake O’Brien
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Radim Mrtka
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Roger McQueen
11th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Benjamin Kindel
12th) Philadelphia Flyers (from New York Rangers via Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins), Jack Nesbitt
13th) Detroit Red Wings, Carter Bear
14th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Jackson Smith
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Braeden Cootes
16th) New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames via Montreal Canadiens), Victor Eklund
17th) New York Islanders (from Montreal Canadiens), Kashawn Aitcheson
18th) Calgary Flames (from New Jersey Devils), Cole Reschny
19th) St. Louis Blues, Justin Carbonneau
20th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Minnesota Wild), Pyotr Andreyanov
21st) Nashville Predators (from Ottawa Senators), Cameron Reid
22nd) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Colorado Avalanche via Philadelphia Flyers), Bill Zonnon
23rd) Ottawa Senators (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Nashville Predators), Logan Hensler
24th) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Los Angeles Kings), Will Horcoff
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Vaclav Nestrasil
26th) Nashville Predators (from Vegas Golden Knights via San Jose Sharks), Ryker Lee
27th) Washington Capitals, Lynden Lakovic
28th) Winnipeg Jets, Sascha Boumedienne
29th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Mason West
30th) San Jose Sharks (from Dallas Stars), Joshua Ravensbergen
31st) Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton Oilers via Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins), Henry Brzustewicz
32nd) Calgary Flames (from Florida Panthers), Cullen Potter

This video is also taking place after 2025 NHL Season, and after the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.

Quinn Hughes was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.

The 2018 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 30 of the draft went as follows:

1st – Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin
2nd – Carolina Hurricanes, Andrei Svechnikov
3rd – Montreal Canadiens, Jesperi Kotkaniemi
4th – Ottawa Senators, Brady Tkachuk
5th – Arizona Coyotes, Barrett Hayton
6th – Detroit Red Wings, Filip Zadina
7th – Vancouver Canucks, Quinn Hughes
8th – Chicago Blackhawks, Adam Boqvist
9th – New York Rangers, Vitali Kravtsov
10th – Edmonton Oilers, Evan Bouchard
11th – New York Islanders, Oliver Wahlstrom
12th – New York Islanders (from Calgary Flames), Noah Dobson
13th – Dallas Stars, Ty Dellandrea
14th – Philadelphia Flyers (from St. Louis Blues), Joel Farabee
15th – Florida Panthers, Grigori Denisenko
16th – Colorado Avalanche, Martin Kaut
17th – New Jersey Devils, Ty Smith
18th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Liam Foudy
19th – Philadelphia Flyers, Jay O’Brien
20th – Los Angeles Kings, Rasmus Kupari
21st – San Jose Sharks, Ryan Merkley
22nd – New York Rangers (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Ottawa Senators), K’Andre Miller
23rd – Anaheim Ducks, Isac Lundestrom
24th – Minnesota Wild, Filip Johansson
25th – St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Dominik Bokk
26th – Ottawa Senators (from Boston Bruins via New York Rangers), Jacob Bernard-Docker
27th – Chicago Blackhawks (from Nashville Predators), Nicolas Beaudin
28th – New York Rangers (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Nils Lundkvist
29th – Toronto Maple Leafs (from Winnipeg Jets via St. Louis Blues), Rasmus Sandin
30th – Detroit Red Wings (from Vegas Golden Knights), Joe Veleno

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